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Bullying: a hate crime
Albany Times Union ^ | September 27, 2011 | Delaney McDonough

Posted on 09/27/2011 2:05:06 PM PDT by presidio9

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1 posted on 09/27/2011 2:05:12 PM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Soon, any thought that differs from that mandated by Liberals will be a crime.


2 posted on 09/27/2011 2:08:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Great. More wild-eyed purple-faced frothing-at-the-mouth liberals screaming “stop the f’n hate”.


3 posted on 09/27/2011 2:12:29 PM PDT by skeeter
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ping


4 posted on 09/27/2011 2:14:45 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: skeeter

Bullied “on line” for over a year? Doesn’t mention school or anyplace REAL. You have to go to school but you don’t have to go on-line. This is the only forum I have posted on this year. I gave up the others because of the agita. It can be done.


5 posted on 09/27/2011 2:16:18 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: presidio9

Making fun of kids has been going on since Jesus’ time. Jesus was probably made fun of for one thing or another when he was a little boy. In my day, we used to have “slam books”. It was basically a note book that you put everyone’s name in the book and then you write things about people. Man you should have seen the crap they were saying about me.....Wow!!!!! My very best friends even said some shocking things. However, being the immature self I was, I did the same to others. It is part of growing up. I don’t believe for one moment that nobody has been made fun of. Every kid has been made fun of for one thing or another. Buck up kids.......I was called fart face, ugly ass, boring, disgusting, freak, and that was just from my friends.....lol. We are raising a bunch of pansy’s and it is not good for the country at all.


6 posted on 09/27/2011 2:16:29 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: presidio9
To begin with, if he was being bullied online, why did he keep going online? The way to stop "bullying" is to quit going where it is, and not silencing everyone.

Secondly, no middle school kid knows, or should know, about what kind of sex they "like". If he was attracted to other boys there was a problem and I'd bet it involved an adult.

That said, I will add that kids now believe that they can say and do anything they want to someone else without repercussions. Now that society has "killed" God, there are no consciences to violate and no dues need to be paid

7 posted on 09/27/2011 2:16:56 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: massgopguy

No kidding! I hate to make light of something as tragic as a 14 year old committing suicide, but they seem to be implying he was thinking “Oh no.. Will someone say something unkind to me online again? They do every day. Oh no... I just know they will.. Well, here goes... (enter chat room) “JAMIE IS STUPID, GAY, FAT ANND (sic) UGLY. HE MUST DIE! “OHH NOO! Not AGAIN!”


8 posted on 09/27/2011 2:18:52 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: skeeter

I am sure the legislation will be written so as to be “bullying” as a “hate” crime only if a white kid is the “bullier”.


9 posted on 09/27/2011 2:20:25 PM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: presidio9

Does anyone know - is it legal to follow someone on the street and say these things? Is that protected speech as long as there isn’t a threat, profanity or physical contact?

I’m just curious if the laws on the books with respect to harassment, disorderly conduct etc can be used in these cases.

I sure am glad I’m not a teenager anymore!


10 posted on 09/27/2011 2:20:29 PM PDT by ruiner
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“Jamey Rodemeyer, 14 yrs old, took his life because of bullying. Bullying must become be illegal. It is a hate crime.”

How about we make suicide illegal?

11 posted on 09/27/2011 2:20:40 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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Maybe he killed himself because he was mentally disturbed.

A great many homosexuals are.

12 posted on 09/27/2011 2:21:52 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: presidio9

In my day, bullies just beat you up on your way home and left you lying by the side of the road. We have become so wussified that just calling someone a name is bullying and must be controlled by the law.


13 posted on 09/27/2011 2:22:55 PM PDT by pabianice (")
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Jamey was an openly gay student at his middle school

I see the problem here.

14 posted on 09/27/2011 2:23:07 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: presidio9

Jamey took his life because he embraced faggotry. Period.


15 posted on 09/27/2011 2:23:44 PM PDT by fwdude ("When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve ...")
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To: skeeter

Exactly. Homosexuality is a hate crime. It is hatred for self, hatred for God, and hatred for nature.

People must come together and put a stop to the spread of this hateful perversion of life.


16 posted on 09/27/2011 2:24:19 PM PDT by TheBigIf
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From what I read early on...he was teased...but he himself never said he was gay and his parents never said he was gay....But the gay people around here decided he was gay. This kid was in therapy. Apparently, he had a lot of problems.

Now, can someone tell me why his parents let him participate and join in the bullying sessions on the web?? He's 14.

I don't think we're ever going to know the REAL story. No one has said a peep on how he committed suicide.

Can anyone fill in any of the blanks??

17 posted on 09/27/2011 2:24:32 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: presidio9

They’re using this unfortunate lad’s story to basically criminalize Christianity. Bet on it.

BTW, I was bullied in elementary and junior high school and it wasn’t for being gay. No pop stars were out looking for me. In fact I had virtually no support. Being on the receiving end of that kind of treatment is truly horrible and I don’t wish it on anybody. But I don’t want a good kid’s future ruined and his freedom taken away just for saying, “The Bible says it’s a sin.”


18 posted on 09/27/2011 2:25:03 PM PDT by lazypadawan
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To: Mr. Wright

white STRAIGHT kid


19 posted on 09/27/2011 2:26:18 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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I see the problem here.

The homosexual agenda has progressed to the point where children are encouraged to "come out" before they have completed puberty.

20 posted on 09/27/2011 2:27:20 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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